Hingedrshingle strip



(a. B. FERGUSON.

HINGED SHINGLE STRIP.

APPLICATION FILED JULYT, 1922.

Reissugd Aug. 29, 192 2. 1 5,439.

101% integral strips.

GEORGE B. FERGUSON, OF NEW BEDEOR ID, MASSACHUSETTS.

' HINGEDPSHINGLE s'rmr.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that LGnoncr. B. FnncusoN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at. New Bedford, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful- Improvements in Hinged-Shingle Strips, of which the following is a specification.

This-inventlon relates to certain new anduseful improvements in folding shingles and pertains more especially to shingles made in retofore shingles have been made of integral strip formation usually formed to represent or impart the appearance, when properly laid of four distinct shingles. This prior construction has been formed b y covering one side of a flexible back with heated asphalt and applying finely crushed slate thereto and rolling same into the as phalt while the latter is still hot, resulting 1n a comparatively .sti structure. These prior strips cannot be folded without break age and consequently cannot be -made long owing to the 1ength-0fthe resultant packages in shipping and-the awkward handling of the strips when laying same on a roof.

The primary object of the invention, is to therefore provide a shingle which can be made in long lengths and which can be folded without possible cracking or breaking of the slate covering, thereby enabling the shingles to be made into compact and easily handled and transported packages and to also enable the same to be more easily handled in carrying'the shingles up onto the roof and in la ing same, and to also increase the speed of laying by providing long strips which accordingly requlre the fitting of a less numher of joints between the In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary plan ,view of a strip of shingles constructed in accordance withf'the present invention;

Fig. 2, is a similar view of the shingles in laid formation;

Fig. 3, is an edge view of a shingle strip showing the manner of folding; and

Fig. '4, is a view of a folded strip in package form.

In proceeding in accordance with the resent invention, the strip 1 is made of engths approximating twenty feet or more as esired and formed with the slots or cuts cuts 2 which give the-appearance of indistrip ends.

Specification of Reissued Letters Patent. Rei ued A g, 29 1922 Original No. 1,410,903, dated March 28, 1322. Serial No. 472,714, iiied May Q6, 1921.

I issue flied July 7, 1922. Serial No. 573,486.

Application for revi dualshingles. Hot asphalt is applied to one side of the strip except at the areas 3, which latter are alined with and are substantially of the same widths as the cuts 2 'ande'xtend from-the inner ends of the latter to the rear side edge of the strip. The crushed slate S is now rolled or applied under pressure to the asphalt coatmg and the areas 3 will consequently be free of the slate and will not be stiffened by the application of the coating as the remainder of the strip obviously is stiffened.

These uncoated areas are consequently possessed of the original flexibility that the strip itself possesses and provide hinge connections about which the individual shingles 4 resultant from thecuts 2 may fold in ziz-zag formation as shown in Fig. 3 and be closely superimposed into the cornpact package of Fig. 4, in which it will be noted that the hinging parts 3 extend outwardly from and protect the end edges of the slate covering.

It will now be seen that the strips when folded can be more easily handled and lifted onto the roof and easily shifted about on the roof preparatory to laying-the shingles; Further the packages can be more easily shipped or transported from one place or city to another, and the laying expedited owing to the length of the strips which require less joints. Heretofore, the shingles have been made in lengths of about four feet to allow of shipping, which must be in a fiat state and also to allow of handling in raising same to the roof and while on the roof in laying. With the present invention, the strips can be made in lengths of twenty feet or'more as desired, the time saving both as to packing, shipping, handling and laycoated hinging parts about which the strip may be folded to cause the shingles to be superimposed upon each other.

2. A folding shingle strip composed of a covering applied to the strip to leave an lon dividual though interconnected shingles and a covering applied to the strip to leave a series of uncoated areas on the strip alined with the cuts to provide hinging parts in conjunction with the slots about which the strip ma be folded;

3.. A olding shingle strip embodying a one-piece strip having spaced slots extending inwardly from one side edge thereof? and spaced at their inner ends from the opposite side edge of the strip, and a covering applied to one face of the strip to leave a-series'of uncoated areas alined with the slots and extending from the inner ends of the latter through the opposite sides of the stripto afford hinging parts in conjunction with the slots aboutwhich parts and slots 20 the strip may be folded.

4. A folding shingle strip composed of a long integral strip having slots'toform individual though interconnected shingles and a covering applied "to the strip to leave a series of unooated areas on the strip alined with the slots to provide hinging parts in conjunction withthe slots about which the' strip may be folded, said uncoatedareas being of a width so-that the same will extend beyond the end edges of the coating to protect the latter when the strip is folded.

' 5. A folding shingle strip composed of an integral strip having a slot to form individual though interconnected shingles and a integral strip having slots to form' 111 T uncoated area'on the strip alined with the slot to provide a hinging part in conjunction with the slot about which the strip may be folded.

t 6. A hinged shin le stri comprising a plurality of indivili P in spaced relation] and having a flexible 40 ual shin les arranged a side by side with their longitudinal edges.

hinge crossing the space between said s aced' longitudinal edges 'to connect the shmgles so that they may be folded one upon the other, and having the hinge extending a substantial distance lengthwise of the space between the longitudinal edges but termi nating short of one end of the shingles to provide an open space between the shingles that extends inwardly from one end thereof.

7." A hinged shingle strip comprising in dividual shln les arranged side by side with their .longitu inal; edges in spaced relation and having flexible hinges crossing the spaces between the longitudinal edges of the shingles to connect the shin les so that they may be folded alternately ace to face and back toback, and havingthe hinges extending a substantial distance lengthwlse of the space between said longitudinal edges but terminating short of one end of the shingles to prove open spaces between the adjacent shingles alined with the hinges.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature to this specification.

GEORGE B. FERGUSON. 

